torsdag 17. september 2015

Hi and welcome
Long time no see. I've beenaway a lotlately. First I havebeenin Brusselstogetherwithmy colleagues, thenI have followedmy oldest daughterintwo daysseminar onThe multiplesclerosisfornewdiagnosed. But now I am here and and working on newideas. Here is a sneak peek - work in progress :-)

Canvas 2 - Summer - Believe - summer, we can believe in everything - it's summer, there is sun, there is bright evenings.Here I stamped the cute little butterflies around on a page of an old book I had lying around. Clip looked routes and glued them on the canvas with modge Podge. Then I stamped the flower with Archival ink on paper, cut out the flower and leaves separately and colored leaves green with Distress Ink and flower with pink Distress ink color. When this was dry I painted Glimmer Structur Ice with a small brush on both the flower and the leaves - then they got a very nice, shiny polished look. I decided to bring a yellow butterfly and also did the same steps with the butterflies like the flower.Meanwhile canvas dried and I could apply some washed gesso over the entire canvas. Washed gesso = gesso mixed with water so that it becomes a lean mixture. Took a bubble-stencil and modeling paste and applied a little down and the right edge of the canvas. This is to get some volume in the image. This I let dry long before I took up my gelatos and dyed canvas to August colors were pink, yellow and green. After this was dry, I stamped the word Belive right up on the canvas. Flower and butterfly were glued on with such a small adhesive pad. In addition, I made two small feelers on the butterfly with brass wire and glued them on with Instant glue. I also used black and white Posca pen to create some effect on the image.

Canvas 3 - Autumn - Dream - then we can dream about the summer that was or coming spring. Autumn is the dream season.Here used color combination for September which was mustard, red and dark orange. I began by pasting on a design sheets in a light brown color with modge Podge. Then sealed everything with modge Podge and let this dry. I used the heat gun to dry it. So I used a technique which is called Peeled Paint. Spent some Vaseline patchy around and painted so with the dark red acrylic paint. Dried thoroughly with my heat gun, took a wet wipe and dried over canvas - gently. So I took more Vaseline around and painted with the dark orange color. Dried and washed off with wet wipe. You can do this as many times as you like, but I stopped there because I would only use colors for september. Stamped word dream (from kit "Affirmations"), crown deer and some cones on the canvas with Archival ink.

A little tipifyou usepaperdesignina thick version -it becomesmore manageableifyou spraysome wateron it andthenroll itback and forth with your hands. You preparing the fiberssothe paper become moremanageable to work With.

mandag 7. september 2015

Today I just want to show you my Art Journal page made of "a cleaning page". Itmeans thatthisbackgroundwas created by leftover paint,stampinksandstencilspaint etc. thatI cleanedafter makingother creations. I hope you understandwhat I mean :-)

So just because the background already was finished I've just used Dylusions Journal Block to make the board around the edge of the page, cutoutsomethingfrom a magazine, and stamped some images on a separate sheetandcut it out, glue it all down with my glue stick, some doodling here and there.And voila this showed up:

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I thinkthe results werepretty good,whatdo you think?Pleave me a comment if you have any questions.I hope to see you soon - until then, take care and be creative.Hugs, Niti/Anita<3

Istampedthe gorgeousRubberDancebutterfliesonmyhomemadeDesignpaper made fromnewspaper, gessoand Dylusions Ink. You can readmore aboutmyhomemadedesignpaper and much more inmy postforRubberDance Skandinavian Blognowcoming Sunday, September 6th. Be sure not tomiss that post.

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ThenI took astencilcalledDot Matrixandinflictedlittledotshere and there With a mini sponge.

Om meg

Bergen, Norway.
Hello, my name is Anita, also known as Niti. With my blog I want to inspire others to do art. Art is therapy for both body and soul ♥ Hope you will visit me on my blog sometimes for inspirations and creative enthusiasm. You are more than welcome ♥ You can also follow me on Instagram as @nitien